Concentrations of trace elements in blood and skin of Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1221-1225

  Stavros, Hui Chen W ^a   Bonde, Robert K ^b   Fair, Patricia A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BARIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; THALLIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); SIRENIAN; SKIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SKIN; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS;

TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 44649117362     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.03.035     Document Type: Article

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